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1941- The Dark Year • Rommel was successful in North Africa • Germany couldn’t take Britain so Hitler turned East. • He had said in his book Mein Kampf, that Russia was to become the Liebensraum (living room) for Germans to expand into. • Stalin knew this but hoped that Germany would wait a few more years German General • In June 1941 Germany invaded Russia and started the largest land war the world has ever known. • The invasion was known as Operation Barbarossa. • 3 giant thrust were made into Russia. • The Russians were completely unprepared (purges of the 30’s). • The Germans drove deep into Russia, surrounding and capturing over a million Russian troops • Germans were at the borders of Leningrad, and laid siege to it for the next 900 days. • They were all the way to the outskirts of Moscow when the winter set in. • It was called the Russian Winter – it was the worst in decades – Germans had no winter equipment – tanks froze, soldiers froze America and Japan • US was isolationist • Japan was expansionist • Japan decided to go after the resources in the Pacific. • In order to eliminate their rival in the Pacific, Japan needed to sink the US fleet. • Admiral Yamamoto planned the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor • Attack on Pearl Harbor fails becasue Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Pearl Harbor